COURSE SCHEDULE
	Schedule: The following tentative schedule should be used as a guide for the completion of assignments and readings. Assigned readings should be completed by the class date listed in the left column. ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS ca. 3000 - 31 B.C. May 30 Introduction; the Neolithic Age and the Emergence of Human Civilization Perry et al., Western Civilization, 4-11 May 31 The First Civilizations: Mesopotamia and Egypt; Hebrew Civilization Perry et al., Western Civilization, 11-49 June 1 Ancient Greece: Minoan, Mycenean, and Dorian Civilizations; the Greek Lyric Age Perry et al., Western Civilization, 50-57 June 2 Ancient Greece: Classical and Hellenistic Civilizations Perry et al., Western Civilization, 57-118 ROMAN CIVILIZATION ca. 800 B.C. - A.D. 476 June 5 The Emergence of Roman Civilization; the Formation of the Republic (800-265 B.C.) Perry et al., Western Civilization, 119-124 June 6 Roman Expansionism and Its Consequences; The Breakdown of the Republic (265-60 B.C.) Perry et al., Western Civilization, 124-140 June 7 The Breakdown of the Republic (60-27 B.C.); The Roman Empire and its Government (27 B.C.-A.D. 476) Perry et al., Western Civilization, 141-162 June 8 The Origins of Christianity Perry et al., Western Civilization, 171-184 Exam 1 will be given on June 8. June 9 The Expansion of Christianity to A.D. 180; The Crisis of the Third Century Perry et al., Western Civilization, 162-170, 184-195 June 12 Adoption of Christianity as Rome's State Religion; the Decline of Roman Civilization Perry et al., Western Civilization, 162-170 THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE 476-1500 June 13 The Successors to Rome: the Byzantine Empire, Islamic Civilization, and Western Christendom during the Early Middle Ages (476-1000) Perry et al., Western Civilization, 196-227 June 14 The Early Middle Ages: Feudalism and Manorialism; The High Middle Ages (1000-1300): The New Agricultural Revolution and the Revival of Trade and Towns Perry et al., Western Civilization, 228-235 June 15 The High Middle Ages: The Medieval Intellectual Revival Perry et al., Western Civilization, 258-278 Exam 2 will be given on June 15. June 16 The High Middle Ages: The Emergence of National Monarchies Perry et al., Western Civilization, 235-241 June 19 The High Middle Ages: The Medieval Religious Revival and Reform, Papal Monarchy, and the Crusades Perry et al., Western Civilization, 241-257 June 20 The Crisis of the Later Middle Ages (1300-1500): Famine, the Black Death, and the Hundred Years' War Perry et al., Western Civilization, 279-285 June 21 The Crisis of the Later Middle Ages: The Corruption of the Church; The Renaissance (1350-1550) Perry et al., Western Civilization, 285-322 THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD 1500-1648 June 22 Background of the Protestant Reformation; Martin Luther and Lutheranism Perry et al., Western Civilization, 323-334 Exam 3 will be given on June 22. June 23 The Four Traditions of Protestantism Perry et al., Western Civilization, 334-342 June 26 The Four Traditions of Protestantism; the Catholic Reformation and Counter-Reformation Perry et al., Western Civilization, 342-347 June 27 Christopher Columbus and the European Discovery of the Western Hemisphere; Spanish Exploration and Colonization Perry et al., Western Civilization, 348-357 June 28 Portuguese, French, and English Colonization of the Western Hemisphere; The Consequences of European Colonization Perry et al., Western Civilization, 357-370 June 29 The Thirty Years War (1618-1648) and the Crisis of the Seventeenth Century Perry et al., Western Civilization, 370-409 FINAL EXAM June 30 Exam 4 will be given on June 30.
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